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I just came accross this : "Note that the STL sort algorithm does NOT
work for lists; that's why a sort member function is supplied."

Is this true?
Has this been fixed in newer versions of the STL?

Bit byte wrote:


> I just came accross this : "Note that the STL sort algorithm does NOT
> work for lists; that's why a sort member function is supplied."
>
> Is this true?

Yes. std::sort requires random-access iterators, which std::list does
not supply.

> Has this been fixed in newer versions of the STL?

There's nothing to fix. If you need to sort a list, you can use
std::list's member function std::list::sort, which will do the job.
That's been the case since the C++ standard was adopted in 1998, and it
hasn't changed.

Best regards,

Tom

Bit byte wrote:
> I just came accross this : "Note that the STL sort algorithm does NOT
> work for lists; that's why a sort member function is supplied."
>
> Is this true?

Of course. std::sort requires random-access iterators, std::list's
iterators are not of that kind.

> Has this been fixed in newer versions of the STL?

Of course not.

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